01 Record
CVE-2002-0969
Buffer overflow in MySQL daemon (mysqld) before 3.23.50, and 4.0 beta before 4.02, on the Win32 platform, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long "datadir" parameter in the my.ini
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Buffer overflow in MySQL daemon (mysqld) before 3.23.50, and 4.0 beta before 4.02, on the Win32 platform, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long "datadir" parameter in the my.ini
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.44% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 73.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2004-09-01 04:00Z22 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 03:12Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2002-08-20
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 95c9cddc1518fbe3f98460b46a57fb9e5c7bc9c5575d458c47fc78eb911a18ec
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.westpoint.ltd.ukhttp://www.westpoint.ltd.uk/advisories/wp-02-0003.txt
- www.mysql.comhttp://www.mysql.com/documentation/mysql/bychapter/manual_News.html#News-3.23.x
- archives.neohapsis.com20021002 wp-02-0003: MySQL Locally Exploitable Buffer Overflowhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0004.html
- marc.info20021002 wp-02-0003: MySQL Locally Exploitable Buffer Overflowhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103358628011935&w=2
- www.iss.netmysql-myini-datadir-bo(10243)http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10243.php
- www.securityfocus.com5853http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5853